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Welcome to Stella Chung’s podcast about all the latest things in games!

44 episodes

Snap Aim Podcast

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Welcome to Stella Chung’s podcast about all the latest things in games!

44 episodes

#Video Games #Fitness #Lifestyle #Games and Gambling #Stella Chungs

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Discussing STALKER 2’s Future Roadmap, Lore, and the Team’s Perseverance | Developer Interview 50:51

18 days ago50:51

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Stella sat down with Ingwar Dovgoteles — Head of Cinematics / Cutscenes Director / Creative Director, Mykyta Balnov — Lead Compliance Artist, and Mykyta Horodyvskyi — Community and Social Media Manager from GSC Game World to chat about the current state of STALKER 2, the roadmap ahead, behind the scenes insight on development, and how they’ve persevered through war times while creating this long awaited game.…

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The 3 Best Demos I Played at GDC 32:58

6 weeks ago32:58

32:58

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) was last week and Stella got to be one of the 30,000+ attendees. While at GDC, Stella was super busy and signed up for a ton of meetings and hands-on demo time. There’s over 400 exhibitors at GDC so getting through the show floor takes the full week. However, there were some really great standouts that Stella wanted to bring some light to so these are the best demos Stella played at GDC. (There are some other previews coming that Stella got to play from GDC but those are under embargo!)…

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Can The Hidden Ones survive as a free-to-play game? 51:31

8 weeks ago51:31

51:31

On this episode of Snap Aim, Stella and her editor Ivan Rodriguez chat about The Hidden Ones and the latest closed beta that went live. @InfantryInk is an expert fighting games player and got some hands-on time with The Hidden Ones and he discusses the mechanics, gameplay, and more compared to other fighting games. The Hidden Ones is set to release sometime this year 2025 and as a free-to-play model with NO gacha mechanics in unlocking characters.…

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Is the Nemesis System Lost? (WB Games Studio Shutdowns)

10 weeks ago

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WB Games just shut down Monolith Productions (Shadow of Mordor), Player First Games (MultiVersus), and WB San Diego (mobile/free to play games) this Tuesday February 25, 2025. The Wonder Woman game in development by Monolith is now cancelled and the question of who owns the Nemesis System is up in the air. Here's the breakdown on who owns the system and what will happen in the future with the WB Games universe.…

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Why Marvel Rivals Laid off Their Entire US Team 5:01

11 weeks ago5:01

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NetEase Games, developer of Marvel Rivals, laid off their Seattle-based team this week after posting the next season update for the live service project. Not all of the names of those affected have been publicized but in this episode of Snap Aim, we dive into those named, NetEase's earnings in the last year, and why NetEase would dissolve their US team.…

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Asking Apex Legends Developers Fun and Serious Community Questions 30:18

12 weeks ago30:18

30:18

In this episode of Snap Aim, Stella sits down with three Respawn developers to chat about the process behind creating Apex Legends content and changes. She talks with Josh Mohan, Associate Design Director, Eric Canavese, Lead Battle Royale Designer, and John Larson, Game Designer. The topics revolve around development pitches for content in Apex, what approval times look like for these decisions, and how they plan to continue balancing Apex and communicate with their community.…

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Everything You Missed at the Xbox Developer_Direct 4:05

15 weeks ago4:05

4:05

Earlier today, Xbox held their Developer_Direct and showcased four different upcoming games and deep dives into their development. Here's everything you missed!

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Asking MarkZ Everything about the 2025 LoL Esports Changes 11:31

15 weeks ago11:31

11:31

The 2025 League of The Americas (LTA) season just started a few days ago on the 18th and has brought a huge overhaul to the League of Legends esports scene. Stella got to sit down with Mark Zimmerman (MarkZ), the commissioner of the LTA, and chat about why the changes were made, why now was the right time for the update, and how the fan response has been to the overall LTA rebrand.…

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Is Tencent a Chinese Military Company? 8:05

16 weeks ago8:05

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Is Indiana Jones and The Great Circle a Good Video Game? 13:24

18 weeks ago13:24

13:24

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is a great example of how some movie concepts are hard to truly replicate with balanced elements to a video game. However, The Great Circle could be a good place for Indiana Jones to continue coming back for more video games. Here's my review of The Great Circle.

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Explaining the Marvel Rivals Patch Notes Backlash 5:15

20 weeks ago5:15

5:15

In this episode of Snap Aim, Stella dives into the latest Marvel Rivals patch notes with the Winter Celebration update. While it brings in a new game mode and holiday cheer, the update also angered fans by getting rid of the ability to remove mouse acceleration. Here are the details on what happened.…

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Everything Announced at The Game Awards 9:47

20 weeks ago9:47

9:47

So many games have been announced from The Game Awards and I listed all of them and provided as much of a description as I could to each game that was publicly written.

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XDefiant Shuts Down During Major Ubisoft Layoffs 19:02

21 weeks ago19:02

19:02

Ubisoft announced this week that they would be ceasing support to XDefiant, the free to play FPS FPS that released back in May 2024. Along with this news, Ubisoft also announced the closure of their SF studio and the layoffs of 143 people. Here's the news.

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Shuhei Yoshida is Retiring From Sony 3:30

23 weeks ago3:30

3:30

Let's go through Shuhei Yoshida's time at Sony in episode 30 of Snap Aim!

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Should DLCs Be Considered For Game of The Year? 4:42

24 weeks ago4:42